For A Better Waterloo Region

The responses to our survey are finally available to the public! Thank you to the 46 candidates who filled it out. We hope this serves as a good resource for voters to know where some candidates stand on our policies! sites.google.com/view/fabwr

And shout out to Rob Deutschmann, who disagreed on the survey but was actually the one to put forward a motion to send the police budget back!

These are the councillors who responded that they agree with this: Pam Wolf Kari Williams Dorothy McCabe Chantal Huinink These councillors left it blank: Colleen James Jim Erb We hope to see elected councillors uphold their public commitments made during the election.

Tonight @RegionWaterloo is meeting to discuss the budget. One particular policy on our survey is quite relevant: "Boost funding to police-free, upstream social services by at least the proposed increase of the WRPS budget, and keep the WRPS budget at its current amount."

Today is the day to vote! If you're young and voting for the first time, have fun! If this isn't your first vote then try to encourage others to get out and participate! Want a summary from different orgs in the region on trustees? groundupwr.weebly.com/election-2022.… Your vote matters!

Today #WRvotes for municipal representatives. The lead up to this day has been contentious— racist, transphobic, anti-Indigenous & harmful to the most vulnerable. This election will either propel this region into a safe, equitable & sustainable future or further anchor hate 1/

Today is the day! VOTE 🗳 If you need a refresher about where your candidates stand on issues that are important to you, you can see their survey responses through the link in our bio. We also included a great voting guide from @m2bowman at that link!

Tomorrow is our municipal election day. Make sure you vote! Bring a friend if you can. 😃

Our policy and survey question on sanctioning encampments came directly from Unsheltered Campaign's work! This is a great opportunity for candidates and voters to learn more about homelessness and how our region can do better.

Info Page: Unsheltered Campaign: 2022 Municipal Election Unsheltered Pledge mymothernamedmesunshine.ca/unsheltered-ca… #UnshelteredPledge @UnshelteredC

Today, Unsheltered Campaign sent a letter to all Municipal and Regional candidates in WR inviting them to sign our #UnshelteredPledge.

@eleanor70001 @ClassIssuesInWR You'll have to use the navigation menu to pick the position you want to view. Should be three lines at the top left of the page.

@FABWaterloo @ClassIssuesInWR I couldn't see the responses at that link.

The responses to our survey are finally available to the public! Thank you to the 46 candidates who filled it out. We hope this serves as a good resource for voters to know where some candidates stand on our policies! sites.google.com/view/fabwr

@JamesHoweWR @m2bowman Hi James! We're a pretty small group but have connected with a lot of other grassroots orgs to use their expertise on issues. We have a Slack channel that anyone is free to join and participate in. (DM for link) We aim for consensus based decisions through discussion and debate!

As elected officials, we hope to hold them to a higher standard and expect those with an incumbent advantage to still engage with the community. Below you will find the incumbents that have not responded. The deadline is Sept 24 and we hope everyone ends up filling out the survey

So far, over 90% of survey respondents are non-incumbents! We are really excited to be able to amplify new voices in the election. Thank you also to @JenVasic2022 @JimErbWaterloo and @RoyceBodaly as you are the only 3 incumbents (out of 19) that have filled out the survey so far

Here is the updated list of incumbents who did not respond to the survey. @Scott__Davey @DaveSchniderKW @Ward4Michaud @MichaelHarrispc @Redman4Region @Sandy_Shantz @JoeNowak4Mayor @SusanFoxton1 @BerryOnline @DebChapman2022 @MargJohnst @BilIoannidis @PaulSinghWard6 2/2

We deleted our previous tweet on the incumbents who hadn't filled out the survey because a few of them made it before the deadline! 1/2

@m2bowman @FABWaterloo Thanks for posting. For those reviewing please please view long form answers at the bottom. For me I unpacked my “No” responses.

@beisan @DebChapman2022 The deadline for responses was September 24th. We'll be updating our thread on the incumbents who didn't fill out the survey sometime today.

@GroundUpWR @emilyskidsister Hi Jocelyn! The responses to our survey will be posted shortly! In the mean time, you can look at our vision for the region at the link in our bio. The survey we sent out to candidates was based on the policies in that document.

@emilyskidsister @FABWaterloo is a great resource/starting point for progressive candidates in this election!

Transparency time. We have removed our list of recommended candidates because it was a distraction from the severity of hate targetting our schoolboards. Voting is not enough. Talk to your networks and get a group organized for your local schools. It is time to act!

Today is National Truth and Reconciliation Day. Here is some information about what that means to us. (Info from @ theindigenousfoundation theindigenousfoundation.org )